COLORANT is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. COLORANT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept COLORANT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful COLORANT is to know. It scores 10 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for COLORANT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
colorantsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How COLORANT scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in COLORANT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so COLORANT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does COLORANT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A substance such as a dye, pigment or ink that gives colour to something.
Makers of food, paint and cloth all rely on some kind of colorant. Labels often list a colorant when the product has been tinted artificially.
How COLORANT is used
Used in manufacturing, cooking and chemistry.
- The label warned that the sweet contained an artificial colorant.
- A natural colorant from beets turned the icing pink.
- The factory tested each colorant for fading.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of COLORANT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with COLORANT
1 longer words begin with COLORANT.
Shorter words from the letters in COLORANT
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Common questions about COLORANT
- Is COLORANT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts COLORANT, where it scores 13 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is COLORANT worth?
- COLORANT is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends.
- What does COLORANT mean?
- A substance such as a dye, pigment or ink that gives colour to something.
- What letters can be added to COLORANT?
- COLORANT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of COLORANT:
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